METAL CHURCH THE DARK Germany 12" LP VINYL

Collectors information & Description:

"The Dark" is the second full length album released by Metal Church. It was also the last album in which the line-up of Wayne, Vanderhoof, Arrington, Wells and Erickson performed, until 1999's Masterpeace album. This album talks of dark themes, such as assassination, death, struggle, and rituals (for example, the lyrics from "Line of Death" were most likely based on Libyan hostilities in the Gulf of Sidra). One song from this album, "Watch the Children Pray", turned into the band's first music video. This album is one of their most critically and commercially successful albums to date. The album was dedicated to the late Cliff Burton of Metallica fame.

Music Genre:

Heavy Metal / Thrash Metal

Album
Production information:

The album: "METAL CHURCH - The Dark" was produced by:
Mark Dodson

Mark Dodson
is a British record producer and sound engineer, who mostly works with artists in the heavy metal genre. He is best known for producing albums by Anthrax and Suicidal Tendencies, as well as working with dozens of other bands.

Terry Date - Sound Engineer, Producer

Bob Defrin - Art Direction

Bob Defrin - As director, graphic designer and head of art for Atlantic records, Bob Defrin has been responsible for the album covers of many Heavy Metal bands during the 1980s.

Don Brautigam
, American Painter and graphic artist , he painted over 3000 book and record cover works in a career that spanned 35 years. During the 1980s he painted the albums covers for Heavy Metal bands like:
Anthrax
, Axe,
Metallica
,
Motley Crue
, Vicious Rumors.

High Quality Photo of Album Front Cover "METAL CHURCH - The Dark"

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